Immediately after voting is completed, the votes shall be publicly tabulated. The ballots shall be counted by the method of ranked choice voting. The initial round of counting shall be a count of the first choices marked on each ballot. If any campaign receives a majority of the first choices, that campaign shall be declared the winner.

If no candidate receives a majority of first choices, there shall be a second round of counting. The last-place candidate shall be eliminated, and all the continuing ballots shall be recounted. Each continuing ballot shall be counted as one vote for that ballot’s highest ranked advancing candidate.

If no candidate receives a majority at the second round of counting, there shall be a third round of counting, continuing in the manner prescribed above.

The process of eliminating the last-place campaigns and recounting all the continuing ballots shall continue until one campaign receives a majority of the votes in a round or until the number of remaining campaigns equals the number of seats available for that office or position. The campaign(s) reaching a majority or lasting through the rounds shall be declared the winner(s).

Ballots that do not list a preference for any given round or that have no choices marked other than choices for eliminated candidates, shall not be counted in that round or any subsequent round.

When tabulation is completed, the Commissioner shall notify each campaign of the results.